Magazine-lighter



(No Model.)

F. GOFF & T. H. JOINBR..

MAGAZINE LIGHTER.

No. 521,466.v

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UNITED STATES FRANK GOEE, OE OAMDEN, AND

THOMAS H. JOINEE, or BURLINGTON, NEW

JERSEY.

MAGAZIN E-LIG H/TYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent `Iil' o. 521,466, datedJune 19, 1894.

Application iiled Tune 15, 1893i Serial No. 4771739- (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK GOEE, of Camden, in the county of Camden, andTHOMAS 1I. JOINER, ofBurlington, inthe county of Burlington, State ofNew Jersey, citizens of the United States, have invented a new anduseful Magazine-Lighter, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a pocket lighting instrument, and itcontemplates the provision of a simple, inexpensive and efficient devicecapable of being used quickly and frequently and so constructed as to bereadily replenished when .the fuel or igniting agency is exhausted.

In carrying out our invention we employ a casing in the shape of afountain pen or pencil, a taper provided with a series of caps or headswhich are adapted to be ignited by friction, and means for feeding andSimultaneously igniting the heads as they are successively presented atthe tip of the casing, such feeding andl igniting mechanisms beingcontrolled and operated by a pressure cap which is fitted upon theopposite end of the casing.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear inthefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of a lighting implementembodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the positions of the parts whenthe sliding cap has been depressed to expose one of the Fig. 4 is adetail view in perspective of the jaw-carrying ends of the guiding andfeeding tubes. Fig. 5 is an end view of the lighter. Fig. 6 is a similarview with the operating cap removed.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 represents a tubular casing, the tip or outlet end of which is splitto forma continuous series of llingers 2, which at their free ends andupon their inner surfaces are roughened or provided with a suitablefriction material,

as shown at 3, for the purpose of igniting by 5o friction the heads ofthe taper as they pass in the said casing, and fixed at its lower end tothe lower end of the latter by means of a plate or spider 4, is aguide-tube 5, provided at its upper end, which terminates short of theupper end of the casing, with oppositely-disposed spring-jaws 6, whichare preferably formed by splitting and cutting away portions of thetube, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. The feed-tube 7is slightly larger indiameter than the guide-tube andfits slidably upon the exterior of thelatter, the upper `end of this feed-tube being provided withoppositely-disposed jaws 8, which are similar in construction to thejaws 6 of the guide-tube and are arranged respectively opposite theintervals between said jaws 6 of the guide-tube. In the drawings we haveshown the guide- --tube provided with two dlametrically-opposite jawsand the feed-tube provided with a corresponding number ofsimilarly-disposed jaws, but it will be understood that in practice wewill vary the number as may be found necessary to secure an accurate andsatisfactory co=operation of the parts.

Fitting slidably upon the lower end of the casing is a reciprocating cap9, between the base or Vdisk portion of which and the plate or spiderwhich connects the lower ends of the casing and guide-tube, is arrangedan actuating spring 10, adapted to normallyhold the cap extended, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. The slidable feed-tube is connected to this capby means of the extensions 0r pins 11, which project downwardly throughperforations 12 in said connecting plate or spiderand mayl be headed inperforations inthe cap, or secured thereto in any preferred manner, theformer being shown in the accompanying drawings.

The cap is provided with a central aperture IOO lar extension parallelwith the casing and forming a magazine for the reception of anadditional taper to be inserted into the operative portion of theimplement after the taper then in use is exhausted.

This being the construction of our improved lighter, the operationthereof, brietly stated, is as follows: A taper of substantially theconstruction described being arranged in the guide-tube, the operatingcap is depressed against the tension of the actuating spring, thusextending the feed-tube and carrying the taper forward the distance ofthe throw of the cap, which obviously corresponds with the intervalbetween two adjacent heads orenlargementsofthetaper. Thus, oneoftheheadsor enlargements is forced between the friction lingers in contact withtheir inner roughened surfaces, thereby producing ignition. After theignited head or enlargement has passed beyond the extremities of thefriction iingers the latter contract to embrace the body portion of thetaper, or the connecting portion between two adjacent heads orenlargements to exclude the iianie and prevent the communication thereofto the inclosed portion of the taper. Then the pressure upon theoperating cap is relieved, the actuating spring returns the cap andfeed-tube to their normal positions, thus causing the jaws of thefeed-tube to slip idly over the succeeding head or enlargement of thetaper, the latter being meanwhile held from backward movement by theaction of the jaws of the guide-tube.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described our invention, what we claim isl. Inalightingimplement, the combination of a casing provided with interiorlyroughened or serrated friction or igniting fingers, concentric guide andfeed tubes provided at their corresponding ends with co-operating jawsto engage successively the frictionally ignitible heads or enlargementsof acontinuous taper, the guide tube being fixed and a spring-actuatedoperating cap connected to said feed-tube and slidably fitted upon thelower end ofthe casing, substantially as specitied.

2. In a lighting implement, the combination of a casing provided withfriction origniting fingers, a guide-tube arranged concentrically in thecasingand fixed thereto,aslidable jawbearing feed-tube mountedexteriorly upon said guide-tube, and a slidable spring-actuatedoperating cap fitted upon the lower end of the casing, connected to saidfeed-tube and provided with an aperture registering with the guide-tubeto enable tapers to be inserted without removing the cap, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK GOFF.

TIAIOS. H. .TOINER \Vitnesses:

J. I-I. Sreonns, 1I. F. RILEY.

